• Decorated headpiece, at the beginning of the Psalter., Psalter

Decorated headpiece, at the beginning of the Psalter. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Added diagrams and puzzle initial 'D'(ixit) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Johannes de Rupescissa's De quinta essentia., Alcehmical texts, including De quinta essentia

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Johannes de Rupescissa's De quinta essentia. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in brown and red (f. 2). 1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple

• Illuminated initials 'T'(his) and 'R'(irste) at the beginning of a treatise on the rights of the Marshall during wartime., One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime

during wartime. Large initials in gold on blue and pink backgrounds with white or black filigree (f. 1). Paraphs in blue. LIne-fillers in blue. Rubrics in red. One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime The

• Decorated initial 'C'(um ad instruendam)., On Stratagems, in 4 books (index Strategematica, libri 4)

1463' (f. 43).ff. 1*, 44 are fragments from a manuscript with text in Gothic script with 1 initial in red with blue pen-flourishing and 1 in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1*).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Table of eclipses of the sun., Astronomical Calendar

not made in her lifetime. Catchwords in ink frames and bifolium signatures. 1 faint drawing in drypoint of a Zodiac Man, in an arrow-shaped space (f. 12). 1 circular diagram entitled 'Tabula Paschalis' and eclipses of sun and moon, in

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the same hand on ff. 69r-73v is a table of contents in Latin. Codex Parchment 270 190 mm Quires remounted. 1 12 , ff. 1-12v, catchword; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 10 , ff. 25r-34v, catchword; 4 2

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4733 s. xv med English Scribe 1: Scribal dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 391 277, LP 7600 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 249). Scribe 2: Scribal dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 410 262, LP 4681 (McIntosh, Samuels

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4, p. 244). The scribal dialect of ff. 152r-163v has been located to Norfolk (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 113). The manuscript contains Latin theological and moral texts which are interspersed with English and some French verses.